From slaves to Sultans(kings). Mamalukes or slave dynasties.

amlukes or Mameluke were slaves  and became rulers in Egypt. There was also a slave dynasty in India founded by Qutubuddin Aibak who was a former slave and rose to became Sultan of Delhi in1206.  Qutub Minar in Delhi bears his name. The Mamluke rule in Egypt started in 1240 and the slave dynasty rule ended in 1517.

Here is a link ro Mumlukes on BBC radio 4 on a program Called In Our Time

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I also have another blog with the same contents Called "Islam and Sufism an introduction" at islamsufismbasic.blogspot.com.

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